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Author Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- author.

Title The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

Publication Info. Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Where Freedom Awaits -- On the Mountain Pass -- Transforming the Tatras -- Turn-of-the Century Innovations -- The Hutsul Region and the Hand of Civilization -- The Advent of the Railway -- A New Alpine Club -- A Poland of Regions -- A Novel Wilderness -- Tourism for the Masses -- Battling for the Soul of the Bieszczady -- Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere.
Summary "A study of how three discrete mountain ranges within the Carpathian Mountain system -- the Tatras, Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains, together with their indigenous highlanders (Górale, Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos)--were discovered and turned into popular tourist destinations by Poles and Ukrainians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" -- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Carpathian Mountains -- Discovery and exploration.
Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- Discovery and exploration.
Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- Discovery and exploration.
Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 20th century.
Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 19th century.
Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 20th century.
Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 19th century.
Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 20th century.
Discoveries in geography.
Europe -- Beshchady Mountains.
Europe -- Carpathian Mountains.
Europe -- Tatra Mountains.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- Carpathians Ithaca, [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501759673 (DLC) 2020056458 (OCoLC)1233023973
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